"My life has been what you might call an uneventful one, and it seems there is not much of interest to tell,” Buddy Holly once wrote in a high school essay. Still, the young student — born Charles ...

Paul McCartney revealed his favorite among Buddy Holly’s songs. In addition, he discussed playing Holly’s songs with John Lennon and George Harrison when they were young. Notably, Paul’s favorite ...

While Buddy Holly’s music career was tragically short, he still significantly impacted the most successful musical act ever, The Beatles. The Beatles considered him a rock hero and paid tribute to the ...

Jerry Allison released a single in 1958 under his middle name, Ivan. It only reached No. 68 on the charts. However, as a drummer and songwriter with Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Allison had much more ...

Dec. 5—A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the new Jerry Garcia biopic planned by famed film director Martin Scorsese. Scorsese's yet unnamed movie biography has already cast actor Jonah Hill to ...

When Bob Dylan was honored with a Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016, he started reflecting on how his songs related to literature. But before pointing out three definitive books that impacted him ...

Sonny Curtis, a vintage rock ‘n’ roller who wrote the raw classic “I Fought the Law” and posed the enduring question “Who can turn the world on with her smile?” as the writer-crooner of the theme song ...

Sonny Curtis, who was a member of the Crickets, Buddy Holly’s legendary band, has died. He was 88. Curtis’ daughter, Sarah Curtis Graziano, said he died on Friday in a Nashville hospital, due to ...

These influential cities played pivotal roles in the rise of icons like Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke, and Hank Williams—yet still live in the shadow of more well-known music hubs like Nashville and Memphis.